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	Science Daily update ⋅ April 28, 2023
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	Space.com The strange mystery of asteroid Phaethon's comet-like tail may have just been solved Space.com Astronomers observing the strange "rock comet" hybrid Phaethon as it passed the sun have found a surprise that could upend 14 years of thinking about the weird asteroid. The asteroid Phaethon, which gives us the Geminid meteor shower every year and was ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Russia agrees to stay aboard International Space Station through 2028 Space.com The other major ISS partners — the space agencies of Europe, Canada and Japan — have signed on through 2030, the update added, joining NASA in committing to the orbiting lab through the envisioned end of its operational life. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting satellite celebrates 5 years in space Space.com NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is now in its fifth year scanning the sky for new worlds. Since its launch on April 18, 2018, TESS has mapped over 93% of the sky from its orbit around Earth, and in that time has produced 329 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Martian dust likely preventing Chinese rover from waking up Space.com The chief designer of China's Mars exploration program has provided a long-awaited comment on the status of the country's Zhurong Mars rover. The solar-powered Zhurong rover, which is part of China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission, had been hibernating during ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Welcome to the mammalverse: Scientists sequence DNA from 240 species around the world NPR Researchers obtained DNA from all kinds of mammalian critters, like caribou, armadillos, bats, and bison. Their genetic menagerie eventually included 52 endangered species, like the giant otter and the Amazon river dolphin, as well as primates like chimps ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Wow! Maxar satellite captures up-close look at NASA's Landsat 8 spacecraft in orbit Space.com Maxar Technologies' Worldview-3 satellite has delivered images of NASA's Landsat 8 spacecraft from ranges of between 56 miles (91.4 kilometers) and 80 miles (129.9 km), showing clear details of the powerful Earth-observation satellite. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Hubble Telescope celebrates 33rd anniversary with gorgeous photo of nearby stellar nursery Space.com The Hubble Space Telescope snapped a stunning new photo of a nearby star-forming region to celebrate its 33rd launch anniversary. Located only 960 light-years away in the Perseus molecular cloud, a reflection nebula known as NGC 1333 harbors hundreds ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times What Can You Do With a Menagerie of Mammal Genomes? The New York Times What Can You Do With a Menagerie of Mammal Genomes? DNA from monkeys, bats, whales and many other mammals is helping scientists tackle big questions about physiology, evolution and one very famous sled ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Physicists See 'Strange Matter' Form inside Atomic Nuclei Scientific American A new physics result two decades in the making has found a surprisingly complex path for the production of strange matter within atoms. Strange matter is any matter containing the subatomic particles known as strange quarks. "Strange" here refers ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Why Are Insects Drawn to Light? A Perennial Question Gets a New Answer. The New York Times Moths and other insects are drawn to lights at night as reliably as planets orbit stars. Entomologists have long exploited this fact by setting out light traps whenever they want to collect insects. Poets have reached for the image of a moth drawn to ... Flag as irrelevant
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